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November 26, 2016
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99 design resources for UX newbies

W

hen I started my career in UX Design, it seemed like there were so many things I needed to learn. I knew how to be creative but I didn't know how to translate my creativity into software design. I spent hours learning techniques and tips using online resources. Here's a list of all the resources I've used to stay afloat in a fast-paced agile environment.

Online Learning Resources

1. (Paid) Udemy

2. (Very Important Free Resource) iOS Human Interface Guidelines

3. (Very Important Free Resource) Android User Interface Guidelines

4. (Very Important Free Resource) Material Design System

5. (Free) Smashing Magazine

6. (Free) UXPin

7. (Free) UX Magazine

8. (Free) Nielson Norman Group

9. (Free) UX Booth

10. Free) A List Apart

11. (Free) 52 Weeks of UX

Design Inspiration

12. Dribbble

13. Designspiration

14. siteInspire

15. Behance

16. Awwwards

Templates

17. (Free & Paid) UI8

18. (Free) Sketch App Resources

19. (Paid) Creative Market

20. (Free) 55+ Elements Free UI Kit

21. (Free) PSD Booster Freebies

Patterns

22. (Free) Patterns8

23. (Free) Texture King

24. (Free) Subtle Patterns

25. (Free) Lost and Taken

Icons

26. (Free) Font Awesome

27. (Free) The Noun Project

28. Captain Icon

29. Pixeden

30. Flat Icon

31. Endless Icons

32. Round Icons

33. Perfect Icons

Stock Photos

34. (Free) Unsplash

35. (Free) PicJumbo

36. (Free) Pexels

37. (Free) Turquoise & Palm

Colors

38. Flat UI Colors

39. Material UI

40. (My Favorite) Paletton

41. ( My Favorite) Adobe Kuler

42. Coolors

43. Pictaculous

Typography

44. Visual Hierarchy

45. Google Web Fonts 

46. What Font Is?

47. Canva Font Combination

48. (Free) Font Squirrel

UX Research Tools

49. Peek- User Testing

50. User Testing

51. UserZoom

Favorite Software Tools

52. InVision App

53. Marvel App

54. Photoshop

55. Illustrator

56. InDesign

57. Canva

58. Zeplin

59. Sketch

60. Optimizely

61. Azure

62. Balsamiq

Best Slack Channels for Designers

63. Design Talks

64. Team Sketch

65. Spec

66. Designer Hangout

67. Dear Designers

68. UI/UX Design

Great Case Studies

69. Service Design Network Case Studies

70. Lyft Re-Design Resources

71. Uber- Case Study

72. Case Studies from Facebook

73. TechCrunch Case Study

74. (My Favorite) Kanga Redesign Case Study

75. Mozilla Case Study

Youtube

76. UI/UX Design Channel- Mike Locke

77. UX Mastery

78. Laith Wallace

Podcast

79. The Hacking UI Podcast

80. Design Details

81. Why Service Design Thinking

82. UI Breakfast: UI/UX Design and Product Strategy

83. The UX Blog: User Experience Design, Research, and Strategy

84. UX and Growth Podcast

Books

85. (My favorite) Hooked: How to build habit-forming products by Nir Eyal

86. Lean UX: Applying Lean Principles to Improve User Experience by Eric Ries

87. Designing with the Mind in Mind by Jeff Johnson

88. The Elements of User Experience by Jesse James Garret

89. (My favorite) Don't make me think: A Common Sense Approach to Web and Mobile Usability by Steve Krug

90. 100 things every designer needs to know about people by Susan M. Weinschenk, Ph.D

91. (My favorite) Designing for Behavior Change by Stephen Wendel

92. Designing Interactions by Bill Moggridge

93. Sketching User Experiences by Bill Buxton

94. The Design of Everyday Things by Don Norman

95. (My Wishlist) The UX Book by Rex and Parha Pyla

96. (My Wishlist) Smashing UX Design by Jesmond Allen

97. (My Wishlist) The User Experience Team of One by Leah Buley

98. (My Wishlist) Agile Experience Design by Lindsay Ratcliffe and Marc McNeill

99. (My Wishlist) A Project Guide to UX Design by Russ Unger and Carolyn Chandler

Bonus: Solving Product Design Exercises

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